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Friday, February 24, 2012

Romney gives major economic address, draws crowd...(sort of)

From Think Progress...

Comparing two speeches. The first from Mitt Romney today at a large sports arena/stadium...and the second President Obama during the 2008 campaign.

The Detroit Economic Club and the Romney campaign wanted to give the event a bigger impact than at the usual location the Economic club usually gathered at. As has happened with President Obama, something had to have gone horribly wrong. I have to think with as sharp as Mr. Romney is, that this kind of thing won't happen again. It just looks terrible and gives the Democrats another free swing at him...

The Hill.com has the story...

Romney speech falls flat in Detroit

By Cameron Joseph - 02/24/12 01:07 PM ET

Mitt Romney spoke to several empty seats Friday in Detroit, in a speech that offered Democrats more fodder for their attacks and failed to deliver the major economic address his campaign promised.

Television cameras showed rows of empty chairs as Romney rehashed many of the policies and quips he'd used in previous speeches, made a few jokes that appeared to fall flat with the audience and said that his wife, Ann, drives "a couple of Cadillacs," which will likely give Democrats more ammunition for their depiction of him as rich and out of touch.